A group of 21 state attorneys general is urging Congress to do something about the lack of regulations on intoxicating hemp products. 

It’s been more than five years since former President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Act 2018), which effectively legalized hemp and hemp-derived products on the federal level. Under the bill, hemp is considered to have only 0.3% delta 9 THC. What about products derived from hemp, are they regulated as food? Are they considered supplements? Another problem is that scientists have found a way to use naturally occurring compounds in hemp and convert them into intoxicating products that are usually sold at simple convenience stores. These products can be unsafe, even dangerous due to the lack of regulations.

Over time the market for these unregulated intoxicating hemp products has grown big. Now, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general is trying to push …

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A group of 21 state attorneys general is urging Congress to do something about the lack of regulations on intoxicating hemp products. 

It’s been more than five years since former President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Act 2018), which effectively legalized hemp and hemp-derived products on the federal level. Under the bill, hemp is considered to have only 0.3% delta 9 THC. What about products derived from hemp, are they regulated as food? Are they considered supplements? Another problem is that scientists have found a way to use naturally occurring compounds in hemp and convert them into intoxicating products that are usually sold at simple convenience stores. These products can be unsafe, even dangerous due to the lack of regulations.

Over time the market for these unregulated intoxicating hemp products has grown big. Now, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general is trying to push …

Full story available on Benzinga.com